PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2728, 24 March 1916, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

The Prime Minister (the Right Hon. W. F. Massey) returned from Auckland yesterdsly afternoon.

Mr. L. W. D. Andrews, general secretary of tlie "United Insurance Company ,\ who lias been seriously ill for nearly three months, has -now reached convalescence and has in tlie last days been able to attend to business occasionally, reports the "Now Zealand Herald."

Dean Lightheart, of the Rotnan Catholic Church, who has been ill Auckland for some time,, is proceeding to Virginia and other States of America on a health recruiting tour. He expects to return to the Dominion in about six months' time. Dean Lightheart was formerly engaged in negro missionary work in America.

The Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke) will be absent from Wellington to-day attending the district conference of Patriotio Societies at Palmerston North.

Mr. and Mrs. Ben Fuller returned from a visit to the south yesterday morning. - ' A tribute to General Russell, the officer commanding the New Zealand Division, was paid by the Minister of Justice (the Hon. Dr. M'Nab) when speaking to an Auckland "Star" interviewer. He was proud, , he said. _ to claim General Rubscll as a' Parliamentary Constituent.. The distinguishe'd officer ,was a relative of the late Sir William Russell, who was well_known as a former New Zealand politician. After having been trained in the British Army, lie came out to this Dominion anil took up farming property in Hawke's Bay.' Interesting himself very keenly in our volunteer system, he became the life nnd soul of'the Territorials in Ho wire's Bay. Dr. M'Nab further explained that when war broke out his friend deemed it his duty to 20 forward, and he left New Zealand as~colonel in charge of the Mounted- Brigade. On the voyage he was promoted to brigadier-general, and when Goneral Godley was put in charge of an Army Corps, General Russell was fiven the lat-ter's original command. "General Russell," said Dr. M'-Nnb, "is a man of strong personality, !)ud is immensely popular with his men, who say there is '110 N side' about him." The Minister expocts to bear _ further good things concerning his friend before the •war ends. ■

Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Hogan, of Waft ennui, have returned to New Zealand after a holidav of some months spent in Australia, Ceylon, and India.

Mr. Arthur Coxlload has been appointed a member of the Xaronaki Lniid Board.

| Private George Jagerhorn, a returned soldier, died at the Victoria Hospital yesterday. He returned from the front by tho Willochra in November last. Deceased will be accorded a military funeral, t'ho cortege being timed to leave Wilson's mortuary chapel at 2.30 p.m. to-day. Returned soldiers, are expected to muster in force to pay their last respects to their departed, comrade.

K signalling officer with the Earl of Liverpool's Own —the New Zealand - ltifle Brigade—was reported in a cablegram received on Saturday as being, severely wounded. The officer in question, Lieutenant J. C. Holland, joined the forces ai the outbreak of hostilities is a lieutenant in the Army Ser- ' vice Corps (say; an exchange). After being for eight months in Samoa, he was transferred to the Earl of Liverpool's Own, and served' in Egypt. He was severely wounded in tho chest on January 23, in action against the Senussi. A message has now been received to the effect that he is returning by, the Maheno.,

A Press Association message from Wanganui states that Mr. G. H. Clapham, tailor, a very old 1 resident, drop« ped dead in the street last evening. ,

Mr. J. Douglas Davys, formerly 011 the staff of Messrs. Chapman, Skerrett, Tripp, and Blair, of Wellington, was on March, 21-, admitted at Hamilton before Mr. Justice Stringer, as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of. Now Zealand. Mr. Davys is at present in practice in. Matamata, in the Waikato district. ' I

One of Waverley's oldest settlers, Mr. W. It. Davis, died this week at the advanced age of 79. He had been a, resident of tho district for 42 years, having settled there in 1874, after residing for a short time in Wanganui. The late Mr. Davis oame to New Zealand from J 1 eel, near Bathur'sfc (New South Wales), prior to which, he was associated with the gold diggings in the stirring' experiences of the great rushes in the early days. . Deceased was highly respected in the Waverley district, and took a keen interest in various activities in the township.

Mr. E. W. F. Gohns has been appointed Inspector of' Weights and Measures for the Counties of Wanganui, Waitotara, and Waimarino, and the Borough of Wanganui.

A Press Association telegram from Blenheim states that Mr. John J. Ward, a prominent builder and contractor in Marlborough, aged 60, was knocked down by a trap whilo cycling on Wednesday, and diea yesterday.

The death occurred on Tuesday mornmg of Mr. Robert Entrican at his residence, ' Now Windsor Road, AvondJo (reports the Auckland "Herald"). His he-i'l! 1 had been failing since an illness jf about -a year ago, and his death .was not unexpected. Mi-. Entrican was in Ins P4ti; iciir, having-been bora at Stonpy Falls, County 'Tyrone, Ireland, in I&J3 He Icaniv to New Zealand in 1890 with Mrs.-'Entrican and the nvo youngest members of the family, joining the other members of the family, who had already settled in the Dominion In his native country Mr. Entrican was engaged in farming. He was married on February 7, 1856, and with. Mrs: Entrican recently celebrated the GOtli anniversary of their ,wedding. Mr. Entrican leaves'his widow and■ four,, sons and five daughters:—Mr. A. J.. Entrican, Deputy Mayor of Auckland, and Mr. J. 0: Entrican, both of the firm of Ehtrioan and Co., Ltd., of Customs Street; Mr. 11. J.\ Entrican, of Commerce Street; the Rev.S. AV. Entrican, M.A.; Mrs. R. A Houston, of Grey Lynn; Mrs. J. R. Ramsay, of Mount Eden: Mrs. W. H. Paul, of Hamilton: Mrs. JR. J. Sims, of Mount Albert, and Miss Entrican., '

A sad fatality occurred in the Kaka- ! nui' River, in the vicinity of Clifton Falls, near Windsor, in North Otago. A picnic , had been organised l a 6 a compliment to Trooper F. G. Kelly, who was spending his final: lea,a with hjs relatives at Ngapara prior to' leaving for the front. The party had arrived at the picnic ground, and whilst dinner was being prepared some of the party indulged in a bathe in the river. Mr. Kelly, . sen., was engaged teaching . a younger son to swim when some members of the party raised the alarm that his son, Trooper Kelly, was in-difficul-ties. . The father r who was somewhat exhausted after his exertions, managed to reach his son as die was sinking for the third time, and caught him by the bathing costume, which unfortunately gave way. A further attempt to secure the drowning man, in whicn Mr. Kelly himself became seriously endangered, was unavailing, and the_ party n er® forced to witness the disapearance of the unfortunate soldier. Trooper Kelly was said to be a good swimmer, and it is surmised that when he first got into difficulties his set of false teeth became lodged in his tliroat and increased, bis discomfiture. The body .was recovered about imlf-an-hour after the accident happened. Trooper Kelly was zO vears of a<*e, and belonged to the mounted section of the Eleventh 'Reinforcements. Prior to enlisting he was.m the employ of the Railway Department aa a cadet,, being stationed at Gore. "It is a national necessity that largß supplies of store stock should be rear, ed in New Zealand, said the Prima Minister at Karaka, according to the "New Zealand Herald. ' There is like. lv to be considerable difficulty in suppl}ine the demand for store cattle in the near future, and it is the farmers duty, ta .as much stock as possible.